Schools and Education
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PublishedAugust 1, 2023
Portland school board meetings resume after a month-long break
The Portland school board has high hopes for the upcoming school year.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2023
University of Maine chancellor wins back confidence of trustees, but not all the faculty
Some faculty are still not satisfied with Chancellor Dannel Malloy and say his contract renewal process lacked transparency and opportunities for participation.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2023
Change is on the horizon as UMaine system struggles financially
The seven-university system is contending with declines in enrollment, state funding that hasn’t kept pace with inflation, and lingering doubts about its chancellor’s leadership.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2023
Schools lost track of homeless kids during pandemic. Many face steep path to recovery
Homeless kids often fell through the cracks during the tumult of the COVID pandemic, when many schools struggled to keep track of families with unstable housing.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2023
Auburn summer program aims to help new Mainers build relationship with the outdoors
Students have practiced outdoor survival skills, like navigation and building fires, in the summer program.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2023
After second budget rejection, Gorham lays off 9 school employees
If a school district doesn't have an approved budget by July 1, Maine law requires the district to keep using the one its budget committee mostly recently approved, even if voters haven't signed off on it.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
Once too high, Gorham schools budget now too low as leaders struggle to find a number that works
The $2 million in cuts were too costly for a majority of voters Tuesday, who chose to send the school committee back to find a new budget plan nearly one month into the fiscal year.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2023
Lewiston High School considers installing vape detectors in bathrooms
School officials are discussing different strategies to increase access to bathrooms in the high school.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2023
Biden administration to clear $130 million in debt of CollegeAmerica students
More than 7,000 students who attended the Colorado-based campuses of the for-profit chain between 2006 and 2020 will have their loans canceled.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2023
Department of Education orders investigation into Harvard’s legacy admissions
According to the complaint filed by a Boston civil rights group, children of alumni or donors are about 6 times more likely to be admitted to the school.
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